“Light from on high”
– Luk 1:78 (AMP)
Mentoring the next Generation…
1 Tim 1:1-2 (MSG) I, Paul, am an apostle on special assignment for Christ, our living hope. Under God our Savior’s command, I’m writing this to you, Timothy, my son in the faith. All the best from our God and Christ be yours!
We may understand the concept of “sonship” in terms of human relationship, or even in our Godly connection with God, but I think a very neglected area is that of spiritual mentoring in the church. Timothy was Paul’s “son” in Christ. Paul took him under his wing, let him travel with him on many of his missionary trips and showed him the ropes of being a true and good shepherd of the church. Paul was teaching and preparing the young Timothy for the next generation of church leadership.
Maybe because we have become very “one generational” minded, we have started living in personal “survival mode”, forgetting that life has to continue once we are no longer here on earth. Our lives are not intended for ourselves – we are building blocks (the Bible calls us “living stones”) of human society. What legacy are we leaving for our children and our children’s children? The next generation’s success depends on us!
But this is especially true in the church of Jesus. Unfortunately, we have left the “father-son” concept to preachers, pastors and other spiritual leaders, when the reality is that everyone of us has this God-given task of investing in our descendants. This is what God instructed the people through Moses:
- Deut 6:6-7 And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- Deut 4:9 …And teach them to your children and your grandchildren.
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